Ben Whishaw and Simon Russell Beale won British Academy Television Awards for Leading actor and Supporting actor for their performances. Jeremy Irons was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor for his role as Henry IV. The first episode, Richard II, was nominated for the Best Single Drama at the BAFTAs.In March 2014, the BBC set a tentative airing date of 2016 for the concluding cycle of The Hollow Crown subtitled The Wars of the Roses as a reference to the scope of the series.The Hollow Crown The Complete Series DVD will be produced by the same team that made the first series of films and will be directed by the former artistic director of Royal Court Theatre and Olivier Award winner, Dominic Cooke.It will be based on Shakespeare's first tetralogy: Henry VI, Part I with Henry VI, Part II, and Henry VI, Part III condensed in one film and Richard III.In April 2014, BBC Two announced that Benedict Cumberbatch will play King Richard III.